Welcome to Event #25: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low
It's a busy day here at the Rio All-Suite Casino in Las Vegas as Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em, Event #22: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship, and Event #23: $1,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold'em all look to play down to a winner. In addition, Event #24: $5,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em kicked off earlier this afternoon, and this evening this tournament, Event #25: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low, will begin.
The tournament has a rich history; in fact, back in 2009 the legendary Phil Ivey won this very event. We expect to see the nine-time bracelet winner in the field. Likewise, the defending champ is Mike Gorodinsky, who topped a field of 374 last year to win a $216,988 first prize, following Oleksii Kovalchuk and Owais Ahmed as recent winners of the event.
Others expected to try their Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low luck are ESPN commentator Norman Chad, who is a frequent participant and even made the final table to finish sixth in 2012; Women in Poker Hall of Fame inductee Marsha Waggoner; and Bryan "The Icon" Micon, just to name a few.
Action is set to kick off at 4 p.m. local time and the plan is to play ten one-hour levels of play. Join us then for all the Omaha and seven-card stud hi-low action you can handle!